Monday, June 29, 2009

Front Carries with a Wrap

That was the topic of tonights meeting and we had quite a few members turn out to join in! We covered how to do a Front Wrap Cross Carry (FWCC), Front Cross Carry (FCC), and Kangaroo carry. We got to see some members we havn't seen in a while and it was a lot of fun.

I don't have photo permissions for any of the pictures that we took tonight of members wearing, so I'll just leave you with a picture from tonight of my own toddler running around being a ghost with a wrap made of solar material (donated to BABiC by Leigh-Anne, owner of Khangas - Wraps for Little Ones).

Friday, June 26, 2009

Babywearing in Hotter Weather

Today we had our first daytime meeting for Summer 09. There were only two of us in attendance but we spent a wonderful time together chatting and playing with carriers. No pictures because I forgot the camera at home, but I'll aim to remember next time. :)

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Meeting Tomorrow: June 26

I hope everyone is having a good week and staying cool :) Just a reminder that we are meeting tomorrow for BABiC at Organic Underground at 10:30am. We are going to cover Babywearing in Warm Weather and hope to see lots of faces new and returning :)

Monday, June 22, 2009

Cancelled Meeting

I am so sorry to anyone who showed up to meet with us tonight at Organic Underground. There was a concert going on (as I'm sure you noticed lol) and we weren't aware that it was going on until tonight when we got there.

The meeting next week will go on as scheduled and we'll cover warm weather babywearing then :)

Lending Library

BABiC is not just a place to learn about carriers... it's a place to get to try them too! :D We have a variety of carriers that members bring each week for others to try on and play with. In addition, for BABiC members there is a lending library with carriers that can be signed out and taken home until the next meeting.

The lending library currently consists of:

Slings
*Slinglings pouch slings (all sizes)
*UpMama wrap conversion from a HUGS selendang into a ring sling
*UpMama hybrid slings (Small/Medium/Large)

Mei Tais
*Babyhawk (baby size as well as toddlerhawk)
*Ball Baby Overall wrap conversion
*Freehand

Other Asian Baby Carriers and variations
*E.P.I.G. Inc Chunei
*Nugglemama podegai

Wraps
*Didymos (2.2m, 3.6m, 4.2m, 4.6m)
*Girasol (2.7m, 4.2m, 4.6m)
*Hoppediz (4.6m)
*Kanga (solarveil and woven, both long)
*Merry Carry (4.9m)
*Neobulle (size 2.6m, 3.5m, 4.5m)
*Vatanai (2.7m)
*Moby wrap

Other Things
*wrapping instruction booklets and DVDs
*Kid carriers made by UpMama


These are the carriers that are avaliable to be signed out. Others are brought to be shared at meetings only. Come to a meeting, you never know what you'll see there :D

Meeting Tonight: June 22

Just a quick reminder that tonight we have a meeting at 6:00pm at Organic Underground. The topic of discussion for tonight is going to be Babywearing in Hot Weather. We'll have suggestions on carriers and carries to use as the weather gets warmer and warmer.

See you all there!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

New blog for us at BABiC

*waves* to everyone reading this blog. I finally got around to starting this for us to keep everyone updated on what we're up to lately. BABiC (aka Belleville and Area Babes in Carriers) is the Quinte area babywearing group. It started as just an idea in 2007 and our first meeting was August 1, 2007. Now almost two years later we're still going strong!

We meet every Monday at 6:00pm at Organic Underground (255 Front Street S in Belleville). They have a kid friendly space with lots of yummy snacks and drinks for sale while we visit. Come and join us and learn more about babywearing, get help using the carriers you have, try new carriers, and chat with other Moms and Dads while your kids play with other kids in attendance :)

I'm Alison, the founder and facillitator of BABiC and I'm the one with the short red hair and I usually either have a baby on me or am chasing down my toddler (or both LOL).

See everybody on Monday :D